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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
NOTHING LIKE LEMONS.

Every part of the tree is valuable in
medicine, though we rarely employ
any of it but it's fruit-that is, the
lemon itself. And every one knows
how to employ this, Is in lemonade ::
To squeeze the juice into cold water
(this is the shortest way,) or to cut it
into slices and let it soak in cold
water, or to cut into slices and then
boil it. Either way is good. Lemon
AIDE is one of the best and safest drinks
for any person, whether in health or
not. It is suitable to all stomach dis
eases, is excellent in sickness-in cases
of jaundice, gravel, liver complaint,
inflammation of the bowels, and fevers.
It is a specific against worms and skin
complaints. The pippins crushed may
also be mixed with water and sugar
and be used as a drink. Lemon juice
is the best anti-scorbutic remedy
known. 1t not only cures the disease,
but prevents it. Sailors make a daily
use of it for this purpose. A physician
suggests a rubbing of the gums daily
with lemon juice to keep them in
health. The hands and nails are also
kept clean, white, soft and supple by
the daily use of lemon instead Of soap.
It also prevents chilblains. Lemon is
used in intermittent f~evers, mixed
with strong, hot, black tea or coffee,
without sugar. Neuralgia may be
cured by rubbing the part affected
with a lemon. 1t is valuable also to
cure warts, and to destroy dandrutf on
the head, by rubbing the roots of the
hair with it. In fact, it's uses are
manifold, and the more we employ it
externally the better we shall find
ourselves. Natural remedies are the
best, and nature is u best doctor,
if we would only listen to her teach
ing. Rub your hands, head and gums
with it, and drink lemonade in prefer
ence to all other liquids.-Farm and
FIresaIe
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15

pulp is then spread out in thin layers
on slabs, and from 20 to 25 of these
layers are placed in an hydraulic press
separated from one another by some
sheets of thick blotting paper, AMI are
subjected to a pressure of $50 atmo-
spheres until all traces of moisture
have been got rid of. The matter is
then passed between rollers heated to
between lao and $50 degrees Fahren-
heit. whence it issues in the form of
elastic sheets. Celluloid is made to
initiate amber, ebony, ivory, etc., and
besides it's employment in dentistry is
used to make mouth-pieces for pipes
and cigars, handles for table knives
and umbrellas, combs, shirt fronts and
collars, and a number of fancy ar
ticles.-Erchonoe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15

ling sugar over the top (before bak.
lng). This will make two cakes, which
are best when eaten warm.
SPONGE CAKE.
One pint sugar, n pint -four, one
tablespoon vinegar, n tablespoon
water, eight eggs, n teaspoon lemon
or vanilla extract. Mix vinegar, water
and sugar, add the yolks of the eggs
and beat till light. Beat the whites
separately and add. After these in
gradients are thoroughly mixed, stir
in the flour slowly, add one teaspoon
vanilla or lemon, and bake in one large
or two small tins. The oven should
be moderately heated.
BREAD oMELET.
One cup of sweet milk, one cup of
fine bread crumbs without crust, a lit
tie salt and pepper, beat it all together;
add two we'll beaten eggs, put in a fry
ing-pan a small lump of butter, let it
melt and run all over the pan; now
pour in the omelet, cook gently until
it sets (about fifteen minutes): loosen
the edges and fold one half over the
other; now put on a hot plate to fit
the pan, hold firmly and turn the pan
over; it will come out nice and whole.
... FRUIT CAKE. g. ..
Eight cups of flour, six cups sugar
three cups butter, two cups milk (clab
Der preferred) twelve eggs, four tea
spoonfuls soda, two pounds seeded raj,
sins, two pounds of currants, half
pound thinly sliced c%itron, flour the
raisins to prevent them from settling.
Flavor with cloves, allspice, cinnamon,
ginger and mace to suit the taste; bake
four hours. Nix sugar and butter and
beat it to light cream, then add milk
and yolks Of eggs then the spices, and
lastly the whites and fruits.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
HOW TO BEHAVE AT TABLE.

Nothing is more disagreeable than
careless and untidy table manners. To
acquire graceful and pleasing habits
while eating sometimes takes years of
practice. But it can be done. One
can always tell a well-bred person by
the maners at the table, whether man,
woman Or child.
To commence on improvement sit
down and think how you really do be-
have at the table; see that you present
a scrupulously clean appearance, and
that your hair is well combed, and
your nails attended to nothing can
excuse a neglect of these things. Seat
yourself quietly, and, if possible, wear
a pleasant face. Use your napkin;
use your knife to cut with, and your
fork to convey the food to your mouth.
Drink from your cup, but do not make
a noise in doing 50. Be as careful as
possible of the feelings of others, and
do not keep them waiting on you un-
necessarily. -. d.
Do not lay your knife and fork on
the table cloth, but hold them in your
hand when passing your plate.
Do not attempt to reach an article
that is too far from you. It is much
better to say, "the bread, if you
please" Do not put large pieces in
your mouth; do not yawn or lay your
arms on the table. Always take notes
from the best-mannered people, and
initiate them this is safe rule, and
like a. open book to you.
Practice these things at home, and
when you are in company you can keep
your home manners, instead of putting
on some for the occasion. And while
your home are always easy
and natural the "put en-" ones are
usually awkward and easily distin-
guished. e
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gdetry.
THE HOMELESS.

God help the homeless wanderers on the earth
For whom no roof inclines its sheltering caves:
No freside glows no voice of love or mirth
Calls to the garden flowers, the hillside sheayes.
TITS theirs to see the CLEAN in cottage panes;
The happy groups about the hearth at eve
While they must cross the moors through chillin
rains,
And hide in hut or hedge as twilight wanes.
without the wind for all their woes to grieve.
Sad hearts !! the wayside and the wilderness
Are near to heaven as any fire lit room
Departing Hagar angels stoop to bless
God talks with Moses in the desert gloom,
And life is but a path to his repose,
Whether we walk through meads of joy and love
Or in lone wastes where every tempest blows
Some peerless morn we reach our journeys close.
And 10 the rapture of the home above!
.. H.. -EdnG Dean Proctor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
Important to Tobacco Growers !

In saving your Tobacco Crop, use
VERNON'S TOB4 eco HANGERH.
By their use the capacity of your barn is doubled
with same number of sticks. Great saving in time,
fuel and labor. Requires no change in barn and no
change of sticks. Will repay their cost first season
in saving your primings alone. Have been thor
oughly tested and a big success. Guaranteed to ex-
cell anything of the kline ever Invented. Their
cheapness brings them within the reach of all. No
tobacco grower can afford to be without them.
viii be on exhibition at our State Fair. Send your
orders, giving number Of sticks to be filled. and we
will quote prices. Agents wanted.
Address,
VERNON TOBACCO LANCER CO.
Greensboro. y. C.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
BROILED B~EEFSTEAK.

Flatten with a wooden spoon, and
broil upon a buttered gridiron over a
clear fire; lay upon a hot dish and sea-
son with pepper, salt and butter.
Cover with a hot dish five minutes be-
fore it is carved.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
HINTS TO ~HOUSEKEEPERS.

Stale bread may be freshened over
boiling water.
Tapestry curtains are coming into
favor. They are of chintz or dimity.
Keep the wringer we'll oiled so that
it may work easily and save both time
and strength.
Put a pail of water into the tubs
directly after using, and they will not
leak when wanted for use.
Let dishes be neatly washed, rinsed
in hot water and drained, and then
rub them until they shine.
A bathroom should be supplied with
fresh towels every day and thoroughly
renovated to keep it sweet.
Chloride of lime should be scattered
at least once a week under sinks and
in all places where eve gas IS liable
to lurk.
Never use a sharp knife in cleaning
the nails. Fill under the nails with
soap, and then emove it by brushing
with a nail brush.
In some forms of headache, a towel
or a napkin, wrung out of hot water as
hot as a be borne, and wound around
the head, affords relief.
For the dyspeptic, fried oysters are
forbidden. When roasted in the shell
oysters are delicious, and al be
digested with ease even by a weak
stomach.
Very pretty curtains which can be
Numbered and look as we'll as new
ones, are made of white muslin with
large round dots the size of a silver
half-dollar.
In case of a cut, smoke the wound
with burned red flannel on which has
been placed a small quantity of sugar,
then tie up, after sprinkling with sui
phur, and it will heal Immediately.
Peach stains may be removed by
putting the article in boiling water
before washing it. Once the suds
have touched them the stains are set
and cannot be afterwards removed.
To clean bottles, put into them
some kernels of orr and a tablespoon
full of ashes, half fill them with water,
and after a vigorous shaking and
rinsing you will find the bottle as good
as new.
To brighten a Brussels, or any
carpet that is faded, sponge in a mix
ture of one part ox-gall to two parts
water. This is excellent. A lady re-
Gently bought a much-faded carpet
(Brussels) at a secondhand store, and
restored it to almost it's original beauty
in this way.
Prof. Brinton says that the very
best thing for a sprain is to put the
limb into a vessel of very hot water
Immediately, then add boiling water
as it can be borne. Keep the part
immersed for twenty minutes, or until
the pain subsidies; then apply a tight
bandage and order rest. Sometimes
the Joint can be used in twelve hours.
If necessary, use a s~ilieate of sodium
dressing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
TO THE PUBLIC!

Associating ourselves as Whiting Bros. ~to;engage
in the clothing business, we have purchased the en-
tire stock and good will of r. B. Andrews d Co.,
and Ii as their successors will continue the business at
the old stand. Our constant aim and endeavor will
be to supply the wants Of the public for clothing in
all it's branches at popular prices. Thanking the
public for the liberal patronage of the past we hope
to merit q continuance of the same In the future.
Respectfully,
8. w. WHITING,
c. G. WHITING.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
tDaily except Sunday.
SERVICE.

On trains SO and 81, Pullman Ruhet Sleeper
between Atlanta and New York.
On Trains SO and SO, Pullman Buffet Sleeper
between Washington and Montgomery, Wash
ington and Augusta. Pullman Sleeper heto cen
Richmond and. Greensboro. Pullman Sleeper
between Greensboro and Raleigh. Pullman
Parlor Car between Salisbury aud Knoxville.
Through tickets on sale at principal stations
to all points.
For rates and information apply to any agent OF
the company, or to
SOL. HAAS, JAS. L.
Traffic Manager, Gen. Pass. Agent,
is POTTS,
Div. Pass. Ag't. RICHMOND, VA.
w A.. TURK.
Div. Pass. Ag't, RALEIGH, N. G..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15

One and one half cups molasses, one
half cup of brown sugar, same of but
ter and sweet milk, one teaspoonful
each of soda, ginger, allspice and Gin
namon, three cups sifted flour.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-02

There are, in fact, all sorts of mistakes
in all the trades and professions, and this
recalls venerable but appropriate joke
Wncn describes word battle between a
lawyer and a doctor
,, our mistakes are fatal, !" said thedoctor,
when your clients are found on the scat
fold"
And yours" said the lawyer, ''when your
patients are found in the graveyard"
Inc memory is largely made up of the
association of ideas. Most of what we know
hes dormant in the mind, to be awakened
by some idea revived bv association. A very
shght arrangement of the mental faculties
produces curious mistakes of association so
that ideas arise in the wrong place There
Is close analogy between the confusion of
thought that occurs in dreams and insane
ravlngs. There are lucid intervals in both.
1t Is not unusual for we'll persons who have
IN mind a particular person to mistake
others for that person Such mistakes are
frequent with persons of disordered mind,
who are apt to mistake almost anybody for
some others who have done them real or
fancled injury, and whose image appears to
De ever present in the memory, and easily
called up by some slight association of ideas.
Mistakes of forgetfulness are apt to be-
come more frequent as we grow older. All
sorts OF expedients are adopted to provide
Tor IL. A man who had been caught several
Tunes without money, through forgetting to
change his pocketbook when he changed his
clothing, adopted the expedient of keeping
money In each suit of clothing, so that when
ne dld forget he was prepared for it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-02
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
OFFICE HEALTH OFFICER,
q ...-.. u AL. IlLe.

SAVANNAH, GA, May i. 1887.
From and after MAY 1st 1887, the city ordi-
nance which specifies the Quarantine require
ments 10 be observed at the port of Savannah,
Georgia, for period of time ANNUALLY from May
LIST to November LIST, will be most rigidly en-
forced
Merchants and all other parties interested
will be supplied with printed copies Of the Quar-
antine Ordinance upon application TO Office OF
Health Officer.
From and after this date and until further no.
tice all steamships and vessels from South
America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies,
Sicily, ports of Italy south of 40 degs North
latitude and coast OF Africa beween
10 dogs. North and II dogs. South latitude,
direct or via American port will be sub
jected TO close Quarantine and be REQUIRED
to report at the Quarantine Station and be
treated as being from infected or suspected
ports or localities Captains Of these vessels
will have to remain at Quarantine Station unit.
their vessels are relieved
All steamers and vessels from foreign ports
not included above direct or via American
ports whether seeking chartered or otherwise,
will be required to remain in quarantine until
boarded and passed by the Quarantine Officer.
Neither the Captains nor any one on board Of
such UesseLs lCfu be dLLoioed TO to the city
until the vessels are inspected and passed by the
Quarantine Officer
AS ports or localities not herein enumerated
are reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori-
ties, Quarantine restrictions against same will
be enforced without further publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring the flying
of the quarantine flag on vessels subjected TO
detention or inspection UiH be rightly enforced.
j. r. MEGA RIAND. M D.. Health Officer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-02
RAILROAD INVENTIONS.
The Great Army of Inventors Who Are
Interested in Railroads.
From the Ne,O York Euestng sim.

From the New York Eue4.ing SIN.
The hall and exhibition rooms of the Mas
ter Car Builders Association, 113 Liberty
street, has been put in apple pie order by
Janitor William Purcell 1t is daily visited
by large number of inventors, who are
anxious that their models may be placed in
the best positions for observation and ex-
animation by the members of the associa-
ton prior to their departure for their
annual convention, to be held in Mime
apolis on June IA. Usually the car coupler
cranks outnumber all other inventors and
exhibitors by four to one, but lately they
have been held pretty even numerically by
those who have car heaters to show
Said Mr. Purcell this morning: IF all the
models III this room were placed on sale by
auction to-day doubt if they would bring
in the aggregate $780, and yet they repre-
sent years of toll and study and of hope and
hundreds of thousands of dollars of money.
Among railroad men it is universally ad-
mitted that the common method of coupling
cars is about as primitive and as dangerous
to life and limb as can be devised, and that
the man who invents proper substitute for
1t will reap both fame and fortune. The
Patent Office has issued over 5000 patents
for improved and automatic couplers, and
yet none has been invented which seems to
be perfect under all the requirements of
railroading. Men have spent the best por
tlons of their lives in devising couplers only
to find when they were subjected to practical
use that they had defects that were fatal
and could not be corrected"
Said an inventor: "There are plenty of
couplers that are practical and safe, but the
great trouble is that their first cost is little
more than that of the ordinary man killer,
and as money is dear and brakemen are
cheap they won't adopt them"
81 hardly think that it is fair to the rail
roads responded third I'm my opinion,
the great obstacle to the adoption of the
automatic couplers is the lack of uniformity
in the height of cars. The master car build
ers have adopted standard, but they have
no means of enforcing it on roads, If all
the cars could be made of one uniform
height, there would be but little difficulty
in devising an automatic coupler that would
work; but at present you might as well try
to make straight stick without two ends as
a coupler that will do the work required by
present circumstances y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-02
Rabbits With the New Testament.

Viennd Dispatch to the London Times.
The New Testament, which was trans
lated into Hebrew by the late Rev. Isaac
Salkinson, missionary among the Jews of
Vienna, of the British Jews Society in Lon
don, has been reprinted here in a second edi-
ton of 10000 copies. OF this number
100000 have been bought by the subscrip-
ton of one generous Scotch donor, who re
quested that they might be distributed
gratis among Hebrew-reading Jews
all over the continent. Two mission
aries lately came from England to make a
distribution from Vienna, and they have
been sending copies to about 800 rabbis,
many of whom have undertaken to circu-
late these Scriptures among their co-religion-
lists. Very few have stated that they had
any objection to read the New Testament.
In connection with this movement it may
be mentioned that one of the most learned
and respected of Hungarian rabbits, DR.. j.
Lichtenstein, who has been thirty-five years
rabbi of Tapio-Szele, has lately startled his
co-religionists by two pamphlets in which
he affirms the divinity of Christ. Thepam-
phlets, being very ably written, have been
noticed by all the leading newspapers,
and have raised much controversy, as DR..
Lichtenstein processes to remain obedient to
the Mosaic dispensation while recognizing
that Christ was the Messiah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-02
SOLDIER AND TYPEWRITER.
What an Iowa Man Thinks Of Govern
ment Employees.
From the WASHINGTON Star.

From the WASHINGTON Star.
The soldier, as well as the visitors who
are here attending the drill. generally man.
age to take in the sights of the city, which,
of course, include visit to the government
departments. In the passage through the
halls and rooms Of the public buildings of
this constant stream of visitors there are
naturally good many amusing incidents
constantly occurring. The other day tall
man, wearing a uniform, was marching
through the corridors of the post office de
partment, peering into the rooms, and evil
IDENTIFY bound to see,,everything that was 60
ing on. The click of typewriter caused
him to pause before venturing to come into
the presence of the lady operator, who hap
pened at that time to be the only one in the
room. Presently. however, he walked in,
and the lady noticing his presence stopped
her work and asked pleasantly, what she
could do for him
''Oh, nothing" he replied, looking curl
ously at the typewriter, Il was just
looking around. May l ask what you are
doingf
II am working on typewriter" was
the reply. "Haye you never seen one be-
foreW
mo, have not,n said the soldier "but
have seen the work"
Come around here then" said the lady,
land you can see how it operates"
The soldier stepped to the side of the
operators desk and watched her def fingers
playing over the keyboard, and then he re-
marked, ''Do you do this all days'
Eyes, keep at work pretty constantly all
day" was the reply
"Well," said the soldier, after pause, 81
believe that | would rather hoe in the gar
don than do that all davn
"Where did you come fromf' asked the
operator, considerably amused by the COM
paIison.
81 live in Iowa" said the soldier, simply.
"Out our way the people think you all have
a pretty easy time here in Washington, but
if you nave to work like that, believe
would rather stick to the garden
After watching the operator a li5tle while
longer the soldier wandered away
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-02
FALL or 4 MAMMOTH METEOR.
A Celestial Visitor Creates Big Pit at
LoWmanVille

A Lowmanville, n Y, dispatch to the
New York Herald says The descent of a
mammoth meteor into this isolated locality
Is the talk for miles around and hundreds
witnessed to-day the huge hole in the ground
where it fell
Robert Wells, a farmer living near here,
had returned from Elmira about IL p. m. !,
and was just putting out his horses when he
saw an immense ball of fire shooting through
the air. The briihancy was startling and
dazzling and its kissing sound was very
alarming to him. 1t dropped, he thought,
within a thousand feet of where he stood,
but efforts to find it were futile till this
morning, when the place of its descent was
discovered over mile away on the farm of
James Harvey.
The hole is fully 40 feet across, and is in
about the centre of a ten-acre lot. The pit
is irregular in shape, and the wet earth
around the edges have caved in, showing
that the meteor is much smaller than those
Dimensions.
An effort will be made to dig down to it
by the curious farmers. The meteoric stone
Is evidently pretty deep, as the pit is now
about 20 feet deep, the stone having carried
the earth with it,